i just got a new cookbook
 

UPS delivered Alton Brown's "Everyday Cook". I really like him and
love his humor. It's going to be a fun read.
Janet US

i just got a new cookbook
 

On 2016-10-08 6:03 PM, Janet B wrote:
>
> UPS delivered Alton Brown's "Everyday Cook". I really like him and
> love his humor. It's going to be a fun read.

He is an interesting guy, but he always gave me the impression of being
way to anal. His need for perfection takes the fun out of cooking.

i just got a new cookbook
 

On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 18:11:07 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>anal

yep, that was the word I was looking for the first time I saw him on
tv. He went to put something in the oven and damned if there wasn't a
camera inside the oven when he shoved the food in.


William

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William wrote:
>Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>anal
>
>yep, that was the word I was looking for the first time I saw him on
>tv. He went to put something in the oven and damned if there wasn't a
>camera inside the oven when he shoved the food in.

He was taking a selfie of his anus.

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On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 18:11:07 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-10-08 6:03 PM, Janet B wrote:
>>
>> UPS delivered Alton Brown's "Everyday Cook". I really like him and
>> love his humor. It's going to be a fun read.
>
>He is an interesting guy, but he always gave me the impression of being
>way to anal. His need for perfection takes the fun out of cooking.

He just has a dry sense of humor that appeals to me. I don't need
slap-stick or toxic humor. He was trying to give instruction that
would stick with the viewer because of the visuals and word play.
Janet US

i just got a new cookbook
 

On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 18:18:02 -0400, William > wrote:

>On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 18:11:07 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>>anal
>
>yep, that was the word I was looking for the first time I saw him on
>tv. He went to put something in the oven and damned if there wasn't a
>camera inside the oven when he shoved the food in.
>
>
>William
>
I was aware that most on this group would not appreciate him.
Janet US

i just got a new cookbook
 

In article >, Janet B says...
>
> On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 18:18:02 -0400, William > wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 18:11:07 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
> >
> >>anal
> >
> >yep, that was the word I was looking for the first time I saw him on
> >tv. He went to put something in the oven and damned if there wasn't a
> >camera inside the oven when he shoved the food in.
> >
> >
> >William
> >
> I was aware that most on this group would not appreciate him.

I like Alton Brown and watched most of his Good Eats. I only didn't like
the bits where he had people dress up and horse around, to explain a
chemical process for instance. Those bits made me think the program was
for 8 year olds. But I liked his thorough, sligthly nerdy approach.

i just got a new cookbook
 

On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 17:17:09 -0600, Janet B >
wrote:

>On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 18:18:02 -0400, William > wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 18:11:07 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>>
>>>anal
>>
>>yep, that was the word I was looking for the first time I saw him on
>>tv. He went to put something in the oven and damned if there wasn't a
>>camera inside the oven when he shoved the food in.
>>
>>
>>William
>>
>I was aware that most on this group would not appreciate him.
>Janet US

oh I was entertained, it just shocked me that he had obviously cut the
rear of an oven out to film the show. That certainly would not be the
oven doing the cooking.

William

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On 10/8/2016 7:58 PM, William wrote:

>
> oh I was entertained, it just shocked me that he had obviously cut the
> rear of an oven out to film the show. That certainly would not be the
> oven doing the cooking.
>
> William
>
>

To be fair, the refrigerator had a camera too.

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On Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 9:17:06 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 10/8/2016 7:58 PM, William wrote:
>
> >
> > oh I was entertained, it just shocked me that he had obviously cut the
> > rear of an oven out to film the show. That certainly would not be the
> > oven doing the cooking.
> >
> > William
> >
> >
>
> To be fair, the refrigerator had a camera too.
>
>
And inside the cabinets as well.

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On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 22:16:58 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 10/8/2016 7:58 PM, William wrote:
>
>>
>> oh I was entertained, it just shocked me that he had obviously cut the
>> rear of an oven out to film the show. That certainly would not be the
>> oven doing the cooking.
>>
>> William
>>
>>
>
>To be fair, the refrigerator had a camera too.

The fridge had the Lady of the Refrigerator
Janet US

i just got a new cookbook
 

In article >, Janet B says...
>
> On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 22:16:58 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
> >On 10/8/2016 7:58 PM, William wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> oh I was entertained, it just shocked me that he had obviously cut the
> >> rear of an oven out to film the show. That certainly would not be the
> >> oven doing the cooking.
> >>
> >> William
> >>
> >>
> >
> >To be fair, the refrigerator had a camera too.
>
> The fridge had the Lady of the Refrigerator

I bet that was you.

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On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 18:11:07 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2016-10-08 6:03 PM, Janet B wrote:
> >
> > UPS delivered Alton Brown's "Everyday Cook". I really like him and
> > love his humor. It's going to be a fun read.
>
> He is an interesting guy, but he always gave me the impression of being
> way to anal. His need for perfection takes the fun out of cooking.

I've tried to like him, but I don't. Maybe that's why.


--
Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

i just got a new cookbook
 

On 2016-10-09 3:27 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 18:11:07 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2016-10-08 6:03 PM, Janet B wrote:
>>>
>>> UPS delivered Alton Brown's "Everyday Cook". I really like him and
>>> love his humor. It's going to be a fun read.
>>
>> He is an interesting guy, but he always gave me the impression of being
>> way to anal. His need for perfection takes the fun out of cooking.
>
> I've tried to like him, but I don't. Maybe that's why.



He does interesting dishes and he has those fun little things to
demonstrate the process that is going on as the stuff cooks. He is just
too damned precise. I liked James Barber, the Urban Gourmet, the
antithesis of Alton Brown. He didn't measure accurately, he could get
pretty sloppy, but he had interesting dishes and made it fun.

i just got a new cookbook
 

On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 12:27:59 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 18:11:07 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>> On 2016-10-08 6:03 PM, Janet B wrote:
>> >
>> > UPS delivered Alton Brown's "Everyday Cook". I really like him and
>> > love his humor. It's going to be a fun read.
>>
>> He is an interesting guy, but he always gave me the impression of being
>> way to anal. His need for perfection takes the fun out of cooking.
>
>I've tried to like him, but I don't. Maybe that's why.

well, he is a proponent of weighing ;)
Janet US

i just got a new cookbook
 

In article >, Dave Smith says...
>
> On 2016-10-09 3:27 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 18:11:07 -0400, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On 2016-10-08 6:03 PM, Janet B wrote:
> >>>
> >>> UPS delivered Alton Brown's "Everyday Cook". I really like him and
> >>> love his humor. It's going to be a fun read.
> >>
> >> He is an interesting guy, but he always gave me the impression of being
> >> way to anal. His need for perfection takes the fun out of cooking.
> >
> > I've tried to like him, but I don't. Maybe that's why.
>
>
>
> He does interesting dishes and he has those fun little things to
> demonstrate the process that is going on as the stuff cooks.

Funny for 8 year olds.

> He is just
> too damned precise. I liked James Barber, the Urban Gourmet, the
> antithesis of Alton Brown.

Alton Brown cooks the nerd way. Everything's explained and measured and
investigated. There's no prior knowledge required. That makes it
repeatable for newbie chefs and gives him a large audience. I like that.

i just got a new cookbook
 

On 2016-10-09, Janet B > wrote:

> well, he is a proponent of weighing ;)

AB is, primarily, a television producer. He only got into cooking cuz
he thought cooking shows were too stiff, too regimented. He wanted to
improve them with more educational and humorous content. He even
apprenticed to a real chef fer two yrs and admitted that chef
sometimes made him cry.

Personally, I like AB. Even if he now hosts some pretty lame shows
(Iron Chef: America, etc). I learned to bake a pie crusts from AB.
Unfortunately, it was an AB recipe fer pan seared ribeye that laid me
low:

<http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/pan-seared-rib-eye-recipe.html/>

Not his fault. I was jes careless. 8|

nb

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On Sun, 9 Oct 2016 15:39:18 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2016-10-09 3:27 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 18:11:07 -0400, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On 2016-10-08 6:03 PM, Janet B wrote:
> >>>
> >>> UPS delivered Alton Brown's "Everyday Cook". I really like him and
> >>> love his humor. It's going to be a fun read.
> >>
> >> He is an interesting guy, but he always gave me the impression of being
> >> way to anal. His need for perfection takes the fun out of cooking.
> >
> > I've tried to like him, but I don't. Maybe that's why.
>
>
>
> He does interesting dishes and he has those fun little things to
> demonstrate the process that is going on as the stuff cooks. He is just
> too damned precise. I liked James Barber, the Urban Gourmet, the
> antithesis of Alton Brown. He didn't measure accurately, he could get
> pretty sloppy, but he had interesting dishes and made it fun.

I have cooked a lot of recipes from the FN website, but had trouble
remembering if I've cooked any of his, so I searched. I have two that
are in my recipe folder in the computer and haven't made either one.
I've saved another couple of dozen to Pinterest, but the closest I've
come to following a recipe was to use the all spice ingredient (the
secret flavor that's always missing) for Swedish meatballs and I threw
a steak on wood coals once when caveman style steaks were so popular
last year.


--
Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

i just got a new cookbook
 

On 10/9/2016 2:01 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2016-10-09, Janet B > wrote:
>
>> well, he is a proponent of weighing ;)
>
> AB is, primarily, a television producer. He only got into cooking cuz
> he thought cooking shows were too stiff, too regimented. He wanted to
> improve them with more educational and humorous content. He even
> apprenticed to a real chef fer two yrs and admitted that chef
> sometimes made him cry.
>
> Personally, I like AB. Even if he now hosts some pretty lame shows
> (Iron Chef: America, etc). I learned to bake a pie crusts from AB.
> Unfortunately, it was an AB recipe fer pan seared ribeye that laid me
> low:
>
> <http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/pan-seared-rib-eye-recipe.html/>
>
> Not his fault. I was jes careless. 8|
>
> nb
>
I liked his shows too. I also would like to see a return of Emeril
Lagasse and sarah Moulton on the Canadian Food Network and get rid of a
few of the damned competition shows.

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On 2016-10-09 8:53 PM, graham wrote:
> On 10/9/2016 2:01 PM, notbob wrote:

> I liked his shows too. I also would like to see a return of Emeril
> Lagasse and sarah Moulton on the Canadian Food Network and get rid of a
> few of the damned competition shows.

One of these days I have to call and change my satellite bundles. There
isn't much worth watching on the Food Network. Gusto has much more
interesting cooking shows. They look like real cooking shows, like the
type that used to be on Food Network, rather than the overwhelming
number of reality show contests they have now.

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On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 18:11:07 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> He is an interesting guy, but he always gave me the impression of being
> way to anal. His need for perfection takes the fun out of cooking.

But you told me you liked anal.